Description One hundred documents written by Din men, women, and children speaking for themselves and on behalf of their communities are collected in this book.
It honors the men, women, and children who built the Navajo Nation..
This book celebrates the resilience of the Din and salutes their resolve.
It also presents the words of students at boarding schools, soldiers fighting in World War II, and members of the Native American Church speaking out for religious freedom.
Included are the words of such prominent leaders as Chee Dodge, Jacob Morgan, Tom Dodge, Annie Wauneka, Sam Ahkeah, and Paul Jones, and less widely known but significant spokespersons like Howard Gorman, Scott Preston, Roger Davis, and Lilly Neill.
It demonstrates how the Din worked to keep their lands, develop their economy, build their communities, educate their young people, affirm their rights, govern themselves, and maintain their heritage while forging a brighter future.
It shows Navajos making their own history.
This volume furnishes a different view of the native past.
Indians become the victims, the people to whom things happen.
Most of the vast literature about American Indians emphasizes the actions and words of non-Indians.
Brief introductions to each chapter and each document provide the necessary context, and historic photographs selected by Monty Roessel (Navajo), an outstanding photographer, supplement the words of the people.
Six crucial, overlapping subjects are addressed here: land, community, education, rights, government, and identity.
Discovered during Iverson\'s research for Din A History of the Navajos, these letters, speeches, and petitions, almost all previously unpublished, provide a uniquely moving portrait of the Din during an era in which they were fighting to defend their lands and to build the Navajo Nation.
Description One hundred documents written by Din men, women, and children speaking for themselves and on behalf of their communities are collected in this book
